Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-02

sentiment that would be Irresistible. that
would secure the passage of the laws neces-
sary, and which would insure their enforce
ment. Laws would be passed that would
close. on Sunday at least, these gin mills
saloons and beer dives, the hot-beds OF
crime in our land. The American people
must do something TO stem this deluge of
crime and incompetence, or our destruction
will be complete.
REV. z. L. OLLIE.
Chaplain of the Assembly, was the next
speaker. He gave many reasons from a
scientific and physiological standpoint
why we should have one day of rest out of
seven. He claimed that he who labored
six days week and rested on the Sab
bath, accomplished more than he who
toiled 365 days increasingly. God HIM
self put Sunday over our muscle
and our brains. A certain amount
of rest was requisite for our
health and well being. The mind and
body must have relaxation and rest. The
time has long since passed to sneer at
Sunday law; it was physiological fact
which was stamped upon our physical and
mental beings. In European countries
where there was no Sunday law the aver
age life of the gentry was ~ years, that of
the toiers little more than half as many,
SO it seems this matter of Sunday law
resolves itself into question of life. 1t is
THE FIRST DUTY OF A STATE
To protect the lives of her citizens,
their property is of secondary impor-
lance. The State then should step in
between the toiling millions and
those who would keep them ever at
N tf.i1 Tho ~
the Sunday law will be re-enacted In
Germany this question is being agitated in
the interest of the laboring masses In
Austria labor is forbidden en- the Sabbath
England has stringent laws regarding labor
upon the Sabbath. My sympathies are
with the toiling masses, with
THE TIN-PAIL BRIGADE
The garb of honor is the armor of toll
While the Netherlands observed the Sab
bath, they were prosperous and happy
people, but when they imported the non
observance of the Sabbath from France
their prosperity quickly departed The
Sunday law does not require man to read
his Bible, to pray, to attend church,
or TO express preference for any reli-
gious sect. 1t requires them to alb
stain from those things that interfere
with the rights of others. Do as you please
is fair definition of American liberty.
You can do that until you trespass on
another's sacred right to worship God, and
their rest should not be interfered with
A beer garden should not be allowed TO
run at full blast in the same block with
church during service. The MIlligan
Guards, with blast of horn and beat of
drum, should not interfere with Christian
worship, neither should "dot little Ger
L., L.
the service at the sanctuary. The Govern
ment has recognized the Christian religion
and in
EVERY STATE EXCEPT CALIFORNIA
Church property is exempt from taxation
They are looked upon as a conservator of
morals and the cheapest police force that
can be maintained. Do we want Partisan
morals, Partisan Sabbaths. more births
illegitimate than in wedlock If so, we
cannot do better than to ignore the Sabbath
and follow in the wake of that wicked city.
There never will be security of life nor sta
bility in Paris until they have Sabbath in
Paris. Every Anarchist in our country is
plotting against our Sabbath Let them
not Germanize America, but they them
selves become Americanized. Let us pro-
tect the workingman from the greed of the
employer. Let us protect morality We
demand it as a public right that the S H.
day law be put back upon the statute books
where it belongs.
REV. DIR. FROST,
The last speaker, reviewed the remarks of
those preceding him. In regard to the
Sabbath he said it was the law of creation.
God set us the example himself. | don't
believe in taking il out of the Bible nor
out of the church. There is nothing great
in man but mind there is nothing great in
the universe but God. No man can Law
claim to respectability unless he obeys the
ten commandments. No statute law can
make man either moral or religious 1t
is the law of Christianity, benevolence
society. l believe that society is growing
worse ard worse Four things are neces.
sary TO the maintenance of good society.
First, our family relations must be pure :;
second, the Sabbath day must be observed;
third, sobriety; fourth. order. Can we say
that our family relations are pure, that
they are getting better? Here are few
statistics showing the
PERCENTAGE OF MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES ::
Massachusetts, IA weddings to divorce :;
Connecticut, Is to 1; Vermont, IL to l !;
Rhode Island, 10 to l California, to
Sacramento county, to l and in Marin
county, in this State, it is said that the
morals are so lax that the proportion is , to
l. Family relations, it would seem from
that showing. are not improving, but get
ting worse and worse. The Observance of
the Sabbath has become less and less all
over the Union, but California and Nevada
are the only two States in the Union that
have seen tit to ignore it entirely in their
statute books. Here we have no Sabbath
The Lords is the devils day. Five thou
sand Sacramento boys will perch themselves
with apparent ease on the sharp point of
picket fence at Agricultural Park all day
on the Sabbath to
WATCH a GAME OF BASEBALL,
While they would toss about restless in an
upholstered pew if they were kept in
church a half ali hour. Fully 95 per cent.
of the youth of our country are outside of
religious and moral influence.
AS to sobriety, intemperance is increas
ing faster than ever before. More whisky
is made and sold to day than at any former
time. A ship left Boston few days ago
for Africa. Her cargo consisted of 1000
gallons of whisky and one poor little mis-
sionary. There is 100 times more whisky
than piety in Sacramento to-day.
As to order, haven't we been appalled,
during the past year? Think of San Fran
cisco's position to-day. Look at the situa-
ton in Chicago. Ours is the age of dyna-
mite the age of lawlessness. All this is
owing to the fact that the moral elements
are rapidly being lost sight of. l am in
favor of Sunday law. We can have and
should have one that could be enforced.
Liberty is perfect obedience to perfect law.
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THE UTAH C4EARD.